Yeah, building the connection is one thing, but it's arguably more work to construct the railway to get to that remote region of Russia. There's a documentary

Yeah, building the connection is one thing, but it's arguably more work to construct the railway to get to that remote region of Russia. There's a documentary (Long Way Round) about Ewen McGregor riding a motorcycle from London to NYC by going around the world across Eurasia. They were essentially ferried by a giant off-road truck through rural Russia and even then they had to practically dig a new path for truck to pass in some spots. That was in 2004, but I doubt the road of bones has gotten any better since then...